Benetta Celia OLSON

1920 - 2002  (81 years)

• Name	Benetta Celia OLSON
  Birth	27 Oct 1920	Clayton Township, Crawford County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Female
  Social Security Number	395-12-4842 issued in Wisconsin before 1951
  Death	23 Apr 2002	Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin
  Burial	27 Apr 2002	Franklin Lutheran Church, Folsom, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Notes	She was not living at home at the time of the 1940 census. At that time she was a live-in maid for the Alvin Kuehn family in Viroqua. Benetta’s obit says that she died in the Sannes Skogdalen Nursing Home in Soldiers Grove. It also says that Benetta and Maurice farmed in the Sugar Grove area of Kickapoo Township. She was living in Readstown at the time of her father’s death in 1977. Her obituary said that she was survived by 9 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Her obit says that Benetta was a member of the Franklin Lutheran Church, the Ladies Aid, and taught Sunday School. Benetta C. Nelson, 81, of Soldiers Grove died Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at the Sannes Skogdalen Nursing Home in Soldiers Grove. She was born in Clayton Township, Crawford County, on Oct. 27, 1920, to Odin and Clara (Nundahl) Olson. She was united in marriage to Oscar Mikkelson on June 6, 1942, and he preceded her in death on Nov. 29, 1944, in Germany during World War II. On Sept. 25, 1952, she married Maurice Nelson, and until their retirement in 1984, they farmed in the Sugar Grove area of Kickapoo Township, Vernon County, and then moved to Soldiers Grove. Maurice died March 7, 1993. Benetta was a member of the Franklin Lutheran Church, the Ladies Aid and also taught Sunday school. She is survived by one daughter, Carolyn Nelson of Janesville, Wis.; three sons, Burdette (Tina) Nelson of Readstown, Wis., David (Gail) Nelson of Soldiers Grove, and Jon (Nancy) Nelson of Muscoda, Wis.; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three brothers, Orland Olson and Ervan (Joan) Olson, both of Westby, Wis., and Clifford (Mary) Olson of Loves Park, Ill.; two sisters, Mildred Tollefson of Montello, and Agnes (Clifford) Buroker of Janesville, Wis.; and nieces, nephews and other relatives. In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Clifford and Robert Olson; and three sisters, Helen Erickson, Selma Sharp and Anna Ewers. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2002, in the Franklin Lutheran Church at Folsom
  Person ID	I533	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Odin Bernhard OLSON,   b. 9 Feb 1895, Crawford County, Wisconsin d. 15 Dec 1977, Marshall, Richland County, Wisconsin (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Clara Louise NUNDAHL,   b. 23 Jul 1898, Crawford County, Wisconsin d. 18 Oct 1956, Rock County, Wisconsin (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	5 Feb 1920	Crawford County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Oscar Melvin MIKKELSON,   b. 25 Jul 1914, Crawford County, Wisconsin d. 29 Nov 1944, Germany (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1942
  Family ID	F3373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2003

  
  

  Family 2	Maurice Hugo NELSON,   b. 10 Jun 1921, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 7 Mar 1993, Crawford County, Illinois (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1952
  Family ID	F381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2003

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Benetta Olson and Eileen Nundahl Eileen Nundahl, on the right, Carl's oldest, was a couple of years younger than Benetta. This appears to date from the late 1930s. The two girls married Mikkelson brothers.
  		Cora with some of her cousins' children in front of Sever and Bertha's house, ca 1988
  		Rhoda Ekum, in her early 40s, and Clara's daughter, Benetta This must have been taken in the late 1930s or the summer of 1940 at the latest because Rhoda died in September of 1940 and Benetta was born in October of 1920. The location of this picture is not known. The original is a small but nicely printed photograph with the words Jiffy Photo Shop Viroqua, Wis. stamped on the back. Cora's annotation is "Rhoda Ekum and Bennetta Olson."
  		Benetta Olson Nelson